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One Day Awareness Workshop
On
“Snow Avalanche and Flood Hazards in
Himachal Pradesh” 28th May, 2014
Organized by:
State Centre on Climate Change
(H.P State Council for Science Technology & Environment)
Block-34, SDA Complex, Kasumpti, Shimla-9
&
Department of Revenue, Himachal Pradesh Government
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One Day Awareness Workshop on Snow Avalanche and Flood Hazards in Himachal
Pradesh on 28 May 2014 at Hotel Holiday Home, Shimla Organized by:
State Centre on Climate Change (State Council for Science Technology & Environment)
34 SDA Complex, Kasumpti, Shimla-9
Agenda
VENUE: HOTEL HOLIDAY HOME
09:00-10:00 Registration
10:15-10:20 Welcome Address Dr.S.S.Negi,IFS ,Director (Env.)-cum- Member Secretary(EC),State Council for Science Technology & Environment
10:20-10:50 Monitoring and prediction of extreme weather events over Kedarnath during June2013: Dr Anand Sharma, Director IMD Uttrakhand Government.
10:50-11:00 Inaugural Address-Sh.Tarun Sridhar, IAS, Pr. Secretary (Env.,S &T,Rev) to the Govt.of Himachal Pradesh
TEA 11:00- 11:30
Session I 11:30- 13:00
Chairman Er.R.K.Sharma, Engineer –in-Chief, Irrigation & Public Health Deptt.Himachal Pradesh
Rapporteurs: Mr.Arvind Bhardwaj, Mr.Ishant Rai, Ms.Kalpana Negi, Ms.Sangeeta Chauhan 11:30-12:00 Climate Induced Hazard threat in Himachal Pradesh – Issues, major gaps
and the management : Dr.S.S.Randhawa, Senior Scientific Officer, State Centre on Climate Change (State Council for Science Technology & Environment, Shimla.
12:00-12:30 Initiatives on flood hazard management w.r.t. Himalayan Region Dr. Anil Lohani, Scientist ‘F” National Institute of Hydrology (NIH) Roorkee, Govt. of India.
12:30-13:00 Flood Forecast Network in Himachal Pradesh. Er.P.Dorjee Gyamba, Director CWC Shimla.
13:00-13:30 Mountain Weather Prediction-A State of Art: Dr.Piyush Joshi, SASE Chandigarh.
LUNCH 13:30-14:15 Session II TECHNICAL SESSION 14:15-15:00
Chairman Dr.Anand Sharma, Director ,IMD Dehradun
Rapporteurs: Mr.Arvind Bhardwaj, Mr.Ishant Rai, Ms.Kalpana Negi, Ms.Sangeeta Chauhan
14:15-15:00 Snow Avalanche Mapping, Monitoring and Mitigation based on the Remote Sensing Techniques: Dr.CS Kanda, SASE Chandigarh.
15:00-15:45 Avalanche Early Warning Systems with special reference to Himachal Pradesh: Dr.Amreek Singh, SASE Chandigarh.
15:45-16:15 Preparedness for hazard threat in Himachal Pradesh: Sh.Manas Dwivedi , State Coordinator (DM) Revenue Department
16:15-17:00 Discussions and Concluding Remarks.
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Proceedings of the One Day Awareness Workshop on Snow
Avalanche and Flood Hazards in Himachal Pradesh on
28th May 2014 at Hotel Holiday Home, Shimla, H.P.
Background:
Mountain areas are especially vulnerable to natural disasters where development
over the years has further accentuated the problem by upsetting the natural balance
of various physical processes operating in the mountain eco-system. The increasing
pressure on the mountain environment has contributed in some measure to
environmental problems such as landslides, land subsidence, removal of vegetation
and soil erosion. According to one estimate, about 58.36% of the land is subjected to
intense soil erosion, majority of which is located in the Himalaya. Himachal Pradesh
a small hilly state forms a part of the Northwestern Himalaya which are the youngest
mountain chains in the world are still active and in the building phase. The
environmentally fragile and ecologically vulnerable Himalayan part has rendered the
state highly vulnerable and sensitive from the natural disaster point of view.
Physiographically the state has been divided into three broad units viz. Lower or
Outer Himalaya, Middle Himalaya and the Higher or Great Himalaya and each unit is
susceptible to different types of hazards depending upon the lithological, soils and
local climatic variations. The State also shows considerable variations in the
distribution of rainfall and temperature due to the varying aspects and altitudes.
Precipitation declines from west to east and south to north. The average annual
rainfall is about 1111mm, varying from about 450 mm in Lahaul & Spiti to over 3400
mm in Dharamshala, the district headquarter of Kangra. About 70% of precipitation is
received from July to September. Winter precipitation in the form of snow is received
at elevation above 1800 m.
Natural hazards are matter of immediate concern to the State of Himachal
Pradesh, as every year the State experiences fury of nature in various forms like
earthquakes, landslides, cloud bursts, flash floods, snow avalanches and droughts
etc. The fragile ecology of the mountain state coupled with large variations in physio-
climatic conditions has rendered it vulnerable to the vagaries of nature. The
incidence of cloudbursts in the last few years has baffled both the meteorologist and
the common man equally. Notwithstanding, the continuous efforts made by the
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Government to cope with natural hazards through relief and rehabilitation measures,
landslides and snow avalanches continue to inflict widespread harm and damage to
human life as well as property. The roads that are the State’s lifeline are repeatedly
damaged, blocked or washed away by one or other acts of nature. In the
circumstances, the Government has to divert the already scarce resources of the
state for relief and rehabilitation measures as opposed to long term development.
The state of Himachal Pradesh as a whole is vulnerable to different kinds
of disasters, natural as well as man made in the nature. Some of the identified
hazards or prognostic hazards in Himachal Pradesh are as under:
In view of the high vulnerability of the state to different kinds of hazards,
the State Centre on Climate Change of the State Council for Science Technology &
Environment planned to sensitize the stakeholder departments on the vulnerable
threat of the natural hazards with special reference to the snow avalanche and flood
hazards in the state and organized a one day workshop at Hotel Holiday Home on
28th May 2014 with the funding support of Revenue Department ,Government of
Himachal Pradesh.
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Objectives:
The workshop was organized with the objective to sensitize and create
awareness amongst the stakeholder departments which are mainly involved in the
flood and avalanche hazard management in the state and also the assess the state
of art available as far as the management and mitigation of the avalanche and floods
hazards is concerned.
Key speakers:
The key speakers were mainly from two intuitions mainly viz the National
Institute of Hydrology (NIH) Roorkee which is the nodal agency as far as the flood
management in the country is concerned and the Snow Avalanche Study
Establishment (SASE) a DRDO Lab at Chandigarh which is the nodal agency for the
avalanche management in the country. Besides this Central Water Commission
(CWC) Regional office was also the key speakers in this workshop.
Target Audience:
About 100 officers
from stakeholder departments
like Irrigation & Public Health,
Horticulture, Forest, HPSEB,
SJVNL, HPPCL, Energy,
Himurja, Health, Himachal
Institute of Public Administration
(HIPA), State Disaster
Management Authority (SDMA)
NBPGR Shimla, ICAR Shimla,
District Administration of Mandi,
Lahaul & Spiti, Kinnaur, Shimla
districts participated in the
workshop.
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SNOW AVALANCHE & FLOOD HAZARD VULNERABILITY
Avalanche Hazard Vulnerability of the State:
An avalanche may be defined as the sudden downward motion of the
snow mass which may contain rocks, soil, ice and trees. Avalanches have also the
history of damage in Himachal Pradesh. The Higher Hills comprising the districts of
Kinnaur, Lahaul and Spiti, Chamba, and Kullu are particularly vulnerable to the
hazards of avalanches (Fig.1). The destruction caused as a result of avalanche in
the past in Himachal Pradesh though not widespread is confined to higher reaches
only. The prominent events of avalanche damage in Himachal Pradesh are as per
Table 1 and the district wise breakup of avalanches in H.P. is given in Table 2.
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Table 1: Avalanche Hazard and the damage occurred
Location Date/Year Damage Occurred
Lahaul and
Spiti
Jan 1975 Earthquake shocks triggered the avalanche of great dimensions damaging road net work
Lahaul and
Spiti
Mar 1978 About 30 people killed, road and property damaged.
Mar 1979 About 237 people killed. Communication disrupted
Lahaul and
Spiti
Mar 1991 Tinku avalanche occurs every year 4-5 times from Jan to March. Road was blocked for 40 days in 1991
Sept.1995 Due to avalanche, huge chunk of debris came down which later changed into flood
Lahaul and
Spiti
Nov.1997 Along the Rani Nala, but fortunately there was no causality
Lahaul and
Spiti
March 2011 Pindri Nala, 2 laborers died
Source: SASE, DRDO, Chandigarh
Table 2: Districts wise Breakup of the Avalanche Accidents in Himachal Pradesh
Sr.No. District No. of Accidents
Persons involved
Persons killed
Persons injured
1 Chamba 12 59 53 0
2 Kinnaur 32 144 129 9
3 Kullu 6 13 9 4
4 Lahaul & Spiti 21 397 298 53
5 Shimla 2 6 1 5 Source: SASE, DRDO, Chandigarh
Flood Hazard Vulnerability of the State
Floods are another form of natural hazards which the state experiences
every year. Due to the diverse topography of the area, the flood problem in the state
is largely isolated in nature. High monsoon rains in the area of the Shiwalik and
Lower and Mid Himalayan ranges causes extensive floods during the rainy season.
In the upper reaches of the Beas and Satluj valley, the main problems are flash
floods and bank erosion because of steep slopes of rivers and High River flows due
to heavy rains. Often the flash floods caused due to cloudbursts, glacial lake
outbursts and temporary blockage of the river channels have been also observed. As
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a result of breaches in embankments and damage to various utilities like irrigation
/flood control schemes and houses are also observed. The rivers which are prone
and important from flood hazard point of view are as per the Table 3
Table 3: The Rivers of importance from flood damage angle
Sr.No. Vulnerable Rivers Major Tributaries
1 River Satluj Spiti, Sangle khad, Ali khad, Gambhar khad,Sir khad, and Swan river
2 River Beas Uhl and Suketi khads
3 River Ravi Siul
4 River Yamuna Pabbar,Giri and Bata
Source: Vulnerability Atlas Himachal Pradesh
Although widespread floods problems do not exist in the state because
of topographical nature, continuing attention is necessary to reduce flood hazards
in the state. As per the available record during the floods of 1990, 89, 88, 85,78
and 1971, considerable damage was caused to housing and infrastructure. The
history of damage occurred due to floods in the State is as per the Table 4.
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Table 4: Some of the devastating Floods in H.P. which caused heavy damages to Private, public as well as Government property
Sr.No.
Prominent Flash Floods History of Damage Occurred
1 8 July 1973 Lake formed by the blockage of Satluj River due to Nathpa rock fall damaging Sanjay Vidyut Power House causing revenue loss of Rs.45 Million.
2 In Satluj basin two blockades were observed in Spiti valley. One on Parechoo River between Sundo and Kaurik during the landslide along the right bank created by 19Jan.1975 earthquake, which occurred along the Sumdo-Kaurik fault. Blockade was 60m and 150 length created temporary lake. In March this lake bursted causing flash floods in Spiti valley
On 29th Sept. 1988 (2.30 a.m.) a flash flood occurred due to cloud burst in Soldan khad causing huge damage to property.
Caused heavy loss of life and property in the Soldang village. Washed away 2 km of NH-22 across Soldan khad Washed away the Bhabanagar water works Created landslides along the eastern slopes of Soldan khad and damage road to Ponda Lake was formed on the Satluj river near confluence Block stopped the flow of Satluj river for about 30 minutes and created a temporary lake having dimensions roughly about 6000 m long, 200-250 m wide and 25-30 m deep extending up to Wangtoo bridge Lake water entered Sanjay Vidyut Pariyojna and damaged the Power House
3 Second occurred along Maling nalla due to Maling landslide debris between 31st July and 2nd August 1991.
Cloud burst and flash flood along Soldan khad in Satluj valley Flood washed away 15 houses, 35 bigha of agriculture land and about 600 apple trees in Soldang village. 32 persons and 35 cattle heads lost their lives. Flash flood and landsdlie on 2nd August 1991 along Maling Nala in Lower Spiti valley damaged 1500m road section of NH-22 and washed awar agriculture land along Leo village situated downstream.
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24 Feb 1993 Satluj River blocked twice due to major landslide and rock fall near Jhakri amnd Nathpa damaging NH-22.
Another flash flood occurred in two phases along Duling khad on 4th & 5th September causing extensive damage in Tapri, district Kinnaur First flash flood occurred on 4th September 1995m at 2pm,. After cloudburst in the upper catchment of Duling and Damaged the PWD rest house.
Huge debris formed a fan along Satluj river and formed a lake by partially blocking the river. Flash flood caused a heavy damage due to change in river course of Satluj from left to right bank and increased the toe and lateral erosion at Tapri. Washed 19 houses , HRTC workshop along with 3 buses Change in course is still causing toe erosion to NH-22
High magnitude floods have also recorded in Beas valley in 1902,45,93,95 . Continuous anthropogenic pressure on existing Geo-Eco system has increased the severity and damaging impact of these flash floods.
4th & 5th Sept.1995 flash flood in Kullu valley
Caused damage to the tune of Rs.759.8 million. Heavy rains and flash floods caused water saturation along loose Quaternary deposits along slopes and excessive bank erosion which led to landslides in Kullu valley
February 1993 500m road section of NH-22 washed away by Jhakri slide.Rs.10 million loss to ropad and forest land , a village on the upper slope was in danger
Flash flood on the night of 31st July and Ist August 2000 in Satluj valley
Flash flood in the SAtluj valley resulting in the increased water level of Satluj river upto 60feet above the normal level. The flash flood was termed as the one that occurs once in 61,000 years. Widespread damage in the valley right from its confluence with the with Spiti river near Khab to downstream areas. Extensive damage to 200 km of NH-22, washed away 20 bridges, 22 Jhulas and badly damaged 12 bridges. About 1000 irrigation, sewerages, flood protection and water supply schemes were badly damaged. Extensive damage to hydel projects including NJPC, 135 people and 1673 cattle lost their lives. The total estimated loss was to the tune of Rs.1466.26 Crore.
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Flash floods on the night of 22nd July 2001 in Sainj valley in district Kullu
Cloud burst in the upper reaches of Sainj valley caused flash floods in two nallahs viz. Sainj and Jeeba affecting about 40 families. 2 bridges on Sainj and Jeeba nallas and plenty of fertile land was washed away. Connecting road to Siund and Sainj was also washed away at a number of places. Two persons were washed away and 5 cattle perished. Some other areas in Kullu district were also affected due to excessive rains in July and population of 6355 was adversely affected.
17th & 19th July 2001 floods in Mandi district
Excessive rains caused damage to 160 houses in Mandi district and destroyed 11 cattle and one person.
Flash floods on the night of 29th and 30th July 2001 in Chhota Bhangal and Baijnath Sub Divisions of Kangra district
Caused widespread damage in the area. 12 deaths occurred due to flash floods and loss of 150 cattle was reported from the area. Bridge connecting Deol and Baijnath was also washed away. Total estimated loss was to the tune of Rs.18.27 Crore.
Flash floods on the night of 9th August and 10th August 2001 on Moral-Danda peak in Rohru Sub-Division in Shimla District
Flash floods occurred along two streams , one along the Devidhar area and another along Darkali in Rampur Sub Division. Dameg to infrastructure like roads, bridges, agriculture land, horticulture land, footbridges, village paths, residential houses, and water mills and loss of 3 lives and 390 cattle and destruction of private property. Total loss in both the Sub Divisions was 145.15 lacs. In Rohru Sub Division 7 bridges, 8 village paths,8 water supply schemes, and 1 power house was damaged besides 16 houses, whereas in Rampur Sub Division, 10 bridges, 8 village paths, 1 water supply schems,1 soil conservation plant, 7 residential houses and 16 water mills were damaged.
Flash floods on the night of 21st and 22nd August 2001, cloud burst in Ani Sub Division of Kullu District
Due to flash flood in village Badhali 2, houses in which a couple was buried alive and their two children injured. In village Sarli 7 people lost their lives, 15 houses were washed away besides the loss of 12 cows, 18 oxen and 40 sheep and about 115 bighas of agriculture and horticulture land was washed away.
Flash floods in SIhunta area and Tissa areas of Chamba district on the night of 12-1th August 2001
Washed away 9 hectare of fertile land, 2 small bridges causing a total loss to property of Rs.2 corore.
Flash floods due to cloudbursts in Gharsa valley on 16th July 2003 in Kullu district
Due to these flash floods 21 people lost their lives, 21 people suffered major injuries and 9 are missing
Flash floods in Kangni nala near Solang in Kullu district on 7th August 2003
30 people lost their lives and 19 were injured and 9 people were missing.2 people lost lives due landslides in Bhang nala.
Flash flood in Satluj river due to Extensive damage as a result of rise in water
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breach in the Parechhu lake in Tibetan catchment on 26th June 2005
level of Satluj river due to a breach in the Parechhu lake formed in Tibetan catchment. Washed away the NH-22 at a number of places, 10 bridges, 11 ropeways washed away, 15 motorable bridges and 8 jeepable and footbridges damaged/affected.10km stretch of Nyh-22 between Wangtoo and Sumdo was washed away and various link roads were damaged. Total loss estimated to the Govt. as well as public property was to the tune of 610 crore.
Flash floods during July 2005 Flash floods in Pabbar river in Rohru Sub Division resulted in heavy losses to roads, bridges, public buildings, residential houses, cowsheds, private land. Chirgaon block was totally cut off. On July 7, 2005, flash flood in Baspa river took place causing the loss of 6 bridges and 600 mt link road to Sangla. More than 3000 cattle perished in different parts of the state leading a total loss of Rs.55980.76 Lacs.
15 August 2007,Bhavi Village, Ghanvi Shimla District
58 persons died, all roads leading to village cut off.
7 August 2009,Dharmpur, Mandi District
2 persons died.
Source: Bhandari, 1988; Sah et al.1996, Sah & Mazari 1998; Sah and Bist 1998’ Paul et al, 2000, revenue
Department, Govt of Himachal Pradesh)
Inaugural Session:
In the inaugural session,
Principal Secretary (S&T., Rev)
Government of Himachal Pradesh,
Sh.Tarun Sridhar, IAS chaired the
proceedings. The one day workshop
began with the lighting of the lamp by the
signatories followed by its formal
inauguration by worthy Principal
Secretary, Government of Himachal
Pradesh.
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Dr. S.S. Negi,
IFS, Director
(Environment) GoHP –
cum- Member Secretary
(EC) State Council for
Science Technology &
Environment welcomed
Sh. Tarun Sridhar, IAS,
Principal Secretary (S&T,
Rev) Govt. of Himachal
Pradesh the chief guest
and the distinguished speakers from NIH Roorkee, SASE Chandigarh and CWC
Shimla. He also welcomed the distinguished participants from stakeholder
departments like Irrigation & Public Health, Horticulture, Forest, HPSEB, SJVNL,
HPPCL, Energy, Himurja, Health, Himachal Institute of Public Administration (HIPA),
State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) NBPGR Shimla, ICAR Shimla,
District Administration of Mandi, Lahaul & Spiti, Kinnaur, Shimla districts Dr Negi in
his welcome address emphasized on the importance of data generation on snow
avalanches and flood hazards for making mitigation strategies. In order to achieve
the objective, Dr. S.S. Negi gave his opinion that Himachal has to work with the
neighboring states as well as neighboring countries like China, Nepal, Pakistan and
Bhutan etc. regarding
floods and
avalanches hazards.
He also pointed out
the importance of
sharing the data
between various
departments for
making the mitigation
strategies.
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Honouring of Speakers by the Chief Guest
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Dr. Anand Sharma, Director Indian Meteorology Department (IMD), State
Centre Uttrakhand in his
key note address presented
his views on the “Monitoring
and prediction of extreme
weather events over
Kedarnath during June
2013”. He informed the
august gathering that the
early warning with location
specific and time was issued
to the Government about 3-4
days prior the tragedy based on analyzing the various weather phenomena over the
region which was proved to be very accurate later on. He presented his views over
various factors which were responsible for the drastic weather reactions over the
region, which includes early arrival of monsoon, special orography of the region, and
low pressure system over the Bay of Bangal which travelled over the Himalayas and
reached over the Rajasthan. Further he presented the rainfall data from 13 to 18th
June 2013 for the Uttarakhand and adjoining areas for better understanding of the
situation which leads to Kedarnath tragedy. He further informed that the scientists
cannot predict the flash floods 2-3 days before but it can only be predicted 2-3 hours
in advance by continuously monitoring the metrological phenomene. He further
informed that RADAR, Hydrological models and Mesoscale models can help in
prediction of flash floods. He
also suggested that the
automatic weather stations
along various altitudinal zones
should be established to study
the local weather phenomenon
which will help in having proper
mitigation strategies. He also
highlighted the importance of
traditional as well as modern
communication techniques. He further added that Government should encourage
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people not to do construction works along flood prone zones along the major rivers
which will help minimizing the loss of life and property.
Sh. Tarun Shridhar, IAS, Pr. Secretary (Env. S & T, Rv) to the Govt. of H.P. in his
inaugural address told that we have to develop specific strategies in order to manage
all types of hazards in the State. Pr. Secretary was of the opinion that we should also
involve the civil society and affected people in such type of workshops as they are
the one who really needs exposure and awareness besides the Govt. agencies who
are to be trained as far as the management of these hazards at the Govt. level is
concerned. He was also of the opinion that we should not only restrict to the
workshop level only but we have to come up with hazard specific actionable points
which can be taken at the Govt. and at the public level so that the mandate for the
proper management of the hazards is achieved. He also suggested for developing a
strong communication system in case of the mountain environment as most of the
communication tools will be failed in case of any disaster in the State.
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Technical Session: I
Chairman – Er. R. K. Sharma, Engineer- in Chief, I&PH Dept. Himachal
Pradesh
Co-Chairman - Er. Ashwani Gupta, Chief Engineer (Shimla Zone) Irrigation &
Public Health Department.
Dr. S. S. Randhawa, Senior Scientific Officer from State Centre on Climate
Change presented his views on “Climate induced hazards in H.P., Issues, Major
gaps and the Management. Major climate change induced issues includes
mountain vulnerability due to flash floods, agriculture in state as most of the
economy of the State is
dependent on the
agriculture which is mainly
dependent on the rainfall
which is very sensitive to
climate induced changes in
macro and micro
environment. He also
presented an overview on
the warming trends and
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decrease in rainfall and snowfall in Shimla during past decade. He told that there is
less snowfall in peak winter and more in later half of winter. He also told that Beas
basin has shown decrease in discharge. He further presented an overview of snow
and glacier studies and distribution of snowfields in Himachal Pradesh. He informed
that there is about 19% glacier loss in Baspa basin during past few years. He told
that in Spiti Himalayas glaciers are exposed i.e. they are not covered with debris and
are more vulnerable. Based on the studies carried out in Spiti basins there is about
20% deglaciation between 1962-2001 and about 10% deglaciation occurred between
2001 and 2007. He further told that SCCC is regularly monitoring the GLOF from
Mansarovar Lake to Himachal. He also presented an inventory of moraine dammed
glacial lakes (GLOFs) in the Himachal Himalayan using satellite data for the year
2013 which includes Chenab, Beas, Ravi basins in Himachal Pradesh and the Satluj
basin right from its origin from Mansarovar lake in Tibet Himalaya. He further told
that there is increase in no of glacial lakes in Miyar basin which is a result of melting
of glaciers. He also told that there is increase in the glacial lake areas. He pointed
out some gaps in these studies e.g. sharing of database, integration of data base,
long term dissemination etc.
Dr. Anil Lohani,
Scientist ‘F”
(National Institute
of Hydrology,
Roorkee) gave his
views on Initiatives
on flood hazard
management. He
focused on the flood
disaster
management in
Himalayan region. He described the causes of flash floods in Himalayan region i.e.
ice jams, heavy rain, landslides, dam failure etc. Intense rainfall & glacial lake
outburst are the main cause of floods in Himalayan region. He told that the intense
rainfall and glacial lake outburst are the main causes of flash floods in Himalayan
region. He also discussed the characteristics of flash floods. He further presented
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the idea of Holistic flood management. In this model 1st is Pre flood preparations
which includes physical flood defence infrastructures; 2nd is Operations during floods
which emphasized on the importance of involving the insurance sector in hazard
management and 3rd is post flood responses. He told that real time forecasting and
data transmission are very important factors for flash flood management practices.
He further discussed about GLOF modelling techniques. For this he told that input
data should be very accurate for proper forecasting. He also discussed the GLOF
Simulation theory. For responding to these floods we should prepare inventory of
glacial lakes and their mapping firstly. In his concluding remarks he told that network
design, regular monitoring retrieval system & GIS for spatial data management is
important one for preparedness toward natural disasters.
Er. P. Dorjee Gyamba, Director CWC Shimla gave his presentation on “Flood
Forecast System on Satluj in H.P.” He gave a brief introduction on Floods and
draughts in Himachal and India. He informed that during 2013 there was a loss of
2934 crores in Himachal due to floods. He also pointed that there are series of hydro
electric projects over the Satluj River from China to India. He suggested that there
should be a specific data sharing mechanism. He raised the issue of project dumping
sites along river banks which can block the river channels and may lead to flash
floods. He told that there are national highways and settlements along the river
banks which
lead a greater
loss to life
and
properties
during floods.
He told that
Himachal
Pradesh has
multiplied its
drainage area
by channels
between
rivers to check the floods. He discussed about the telemetry based auto water level
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recorder. He told that our state has MOU with China Govt. to share the data on
various factors leading to management of these hazards.
Dr. Piyush Joshi Scientist from Snow Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE)
Chandigarh presented his views on “Mountain Weather Prediction – A state of
art”. He told about the importance of accurate weather predictions of various
meteorological factors like temperature, pressure and precipitation etc. He further
informed about how does atmosphere acts as a physical system. He raised various
issues about challenges in specific snow forecast over the Himalayas. He discussed
about two models i.e. NWP model and ANN model for avalanche forecast in the
Himalayan region. ANN model i.e. Artificial Neural Network model include training
and testing whereas NWP model gives forecast over a grid.
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Technical: Session II
Chairman – Dr. Anand Sharma, Director IMD Dehradun.
Dr. C.S. Kanda, Scientist from Snow Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE)
Chandigarh gave his presentation on Snow Avalanche Mapping and Mitigation
based on the Remote Sensing technique. He gave a brief introduction on the
remote sensing tool to mitigate avalanches. Further he discussed about the various
factors responsible for avalanches to occur. He told about the mitigation methods
which consisted of two kinds i.e. a) Passive which includes forecasting and
awareness b) Active which includes controlled structure and controlled release. For
this GIS can be considered
as an effective tool. For
mitigating process there are
three classes of factors
Class I, II and III which
includes stability factor,
snow packed techniques
and meteorological
parameters. He emphasized
on the importance of remote
sensing in avalanche hazard prone areas. For studding this, he discussed about
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digital elevation models and digital avalanche atlases, avalanche hazard data cards.
He also told about simulation of avalanche flow in GIS environment, application of
GIS and GPS based studies and spatial decision support system for cryosphere
monitoring in Himalayan region. He told that they had developed GPS based real
time avalanche path warning and navigation system for Indian Army. This technique
can also be helpful for the civil peoples in hazard sensitive areas. He also discussed
about the terrain monitoring system which will flow on air borne system.
Dr. Amreek Singh,
Scientist from Snow
Avalanche Study
Establishment (SASE)
Chandigarh added to Dr.
Kanda’s views with his
presentation on
“Avalanche early warning
systems with special
reference to Himachal
Pradesh”. Firstly he briefed the house with his introduction to natural disasters in
which he told that the floods contribute maximum to the natural hazards and
avalanches contribute 1% of them. SASE has recorded 2100 avalanche prone sites
in their area of action. He presented a data on the avalanches occurred in Himachal
during last 10 years. He discussed about the ingredients of avalanches which
include terrains, snow and slopes etc. Further he discussed the techniques for
avalanche forecasting with the help of meteorological data. For which he suggested
conventional methods with deterministic and probabilistic approaches. He also
discussed the factors Class I, II and III which includes stability factor, snow packed
techniques and meteorological parameters. He told that the IIIrd type i.e.
meteorological parameter technique is widely in use against I & II factors which are
field based analysis. He informed the audience to know about avalanche danger
scales. He also told that their organization is providing the published literature for
free about the avalanches and their impacts and mitigation strategies in the hazard
sensitive areas.
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Mr. Manas Dwivedi, State Coordinator (DM), Revenue Department, H.P focussed
his talk on “Preparedness for hazard threat in Himachal Pradesh. Firstly he
highlighted the loss to life and property in flash flood disaster that struck Uttarakhand
last year. He emphasized on the issue that there are no provisions of trauma support
to the people who survives these disasters but have lost their family members and
property due to which they are totally helpless and in deep distress. So there is an
urgent need to make the trauma support an integral part of our disaster management
plans so that such needful people may be helped to revive to their normal lifestyle
and get back to normal routine of their life. He also highlighted the importance of
Disaster Management Act 2005. He also informed that the disaster management
plans for 7 districts has been completed for Himachal Pradesh and it will be soon
completed for rest 5 districts.
Concluding Session
The concluding session was chaired by Dr. R.K. Sood, Professor & Head, Disaster
Management, Himachal Institute of Public Administration (HIPA) Shimla. The
speakers from the respective organisations like NIH, SASE, and CWC also
participated in the discussions. A healthy and progressive discussion took place on
the various issues on snow avalanche and flood hazards for their mitigation
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strategies which ended with concluding remarks of Dr. S.S. Negi, Director (Env.
S&T) Govt. of Himachal Pradesh. Based on the deliberations and open discussions
the following actionable points/ recommendations were made:
1. Highest priority should be given to relocation of vulnerable population from
potential danger zones.
2. Follow up with IMD, Govt. of India for the installation of Radar / Automatic
Weather Stations in H.P.
3. Programs for dissemination of warning should be expanded and intensified.
All weather communication should be developed. Tone alert hand winding FM
community Radio may be promoted.
4. A comprehensive assessment of impacts of natural disasters on various
ecosystems requires a multi sectoral and integral approach involving key
organizations. Weather watch system for better coordination among various
state and central departments /agencies should be created.
5. Weather forecast by multiple agencies (IMD / SASE / Universities) should be
avoided.
6. Real time monitoring of vulnerable lakes may be undertaken.
7. Land use land cover changes to be monitored for better impact forecast.
8. Community-wide awareness and education programs on natural disasters
should be a priority. Capacity building at all levels (Capital/ district /Tehsil /
village levels to be undertaken for better awareness / management.
9. Construction of Shelters / alternate roads along yatra routes should be given
top priority. Display systems for weather forecast / warnings may be
established at strategic locations.
10. A system for Flash flood forecasting to be established.
11. Direct linkage with SASE and other agencies like DDMA and NDMA and state
government for providing information on avalanche hazards.
12. Awareness campaign and mock drills in hazard prone areas should be done
in time to time for checking the preparedness to combat the hazards.
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LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Sr. No.
Name & Address Email Address Contact No.
1. A.C. (Dev.) Dev. Block Pooh Reckong Peo, H.P.
ashishsharma85816@gmail.com
9418485816
2. Sh. Amit Guleria BDO, Theog, Distt. Shimla, H.P.
dramitguleria@gmail.com 9418713675
3. Ms Chhavi Nanta HAS Probationer
chhavinanta@hotmail.com
9418007718
4. Ms Isha Thakur HAS Probationer
isha2r@gmail.com
9418454058
5. Miss Neelam Dulta AC to DC , Distt. Mandi, H.P.
actodcmandi@gmail.com
01905-225209
6. Sh. D.R. Jaryal Distt. Tourism Officer-cum DRO, Distt.Chamba, H.P.
9418131959
7. Er.R.K. Sharma Engineer- In- Chief, IPH
hpirrg@rediffmail.com 2658886
8. Er.Ashwani Gupta Chief Engineer, IPH
9418042556
9. Er. Naveen puri Superintending -Engineer, IPH
naveenpuri20@yahoo.co.in 9418012022
10. Er.Sanjeev Kaul Executive Engineer, IPH
himachalhydro@yahoo.co.in
9418466570
11. Assistant Engineer Head quarter
9418186222
12. Er. Ajay Garg Suprintending -Engineer (Works) HPPWD, Nigam Vihar, Shimla, H.P.
ajaygarg555@yahoo.com 9816004654
13. Dr. I.D. Gupta Project Director (HTM), Shimla, H.P.
pd.htm@rediffmail.com 9816610950
14. Dr.S.S.Verma Subject Matter Specialist (O&N)/ Nodal Officer, Shimla, H.P.
ssverma1960@gmail.com 9816140287
15. Sh. S.P. Bhardwaj Technical Expert, DWDA, Shimla
dwdashimla5@gmail.com 9816310451
16. Sh. Gaurav Sharma Geologist
9418094190
17. Sh. Dinesh Kumar Technical Assisstant
9816291994
18. Sh. Sunil Verma Assistant Geologist
9816686165
19. Dr. R.K. Verma Joint Director Health
vermarakeshjd@gmail.com 9418017260
20. Dr. P.L. Gaunta M.S. DDU
drplgaunta@gmail.com 9418076755
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21. Dr. Sonam Negi M.O. Parimahal
9418060150
22. Sh. Manas Dwivedi futuremanas@gmail.com 9882824979
23. Sh.O.P Gupta AGM
opgupta_sjvnl@gmail.com 9418473573
24. Sh. S.K. Sood DGM
sksood_2000@yahoo.com 9418091810
25. Sh. Hitesh Kapoor Senior Manager
kapsh@rediffmail.com 9418095030
26. Er. Satish K. Thakur DGM (Monitoring) Corporate Office, HPPCL, Shimla-5
chotas22@gmail.com 9459849789
27. Er. Navneet Sood Sr. Manager Corporate Office, HPPCL, Shimla-5
navneet.sood@hppcl.gov.in 9418042954
28. Er. Deepak Kumar AE ( Civil), Corporate Office, HPPCL, Shimla-5
erdk4u@gmail.com 9459160364
29. Er. Rajesh Guleria Sr. Manager (P&D-I), Civil Design Office, Sundernagar, H.P.
9418200652
30. Er. H.M. Dheurla Chief Engineer
hm_dharula@yahoo.co.in 9418110511
31. Er. Suneet Rana SDO
ranavnit27@gmail.com 8894687759
32. Er. Vineet Sood Sr. PO, HIMURJA
vinsood99@gmail.com 9418456377
33. Er. Pradeep Bhanot Sr. PO, HIMURJA
bhanot@gmail.com 9418232776
34. Er. Dinesh Kaundal Sr. PO, HIMURJA
d.kaundal@yahoo.com
9418322716
35. Er. Pravesh Thakur S.E.(OP) Circle, HPSEBL Kullu, H.P.
seopkullu@gmail.com
9418018034
36. Er. Rajesh Kumar S.E. (OP) Circle, HPSEBL Kangra, H.P.
seuna@gmail.com 9418049474
37. Er. K.K. Kapil S.E.(OP)Circle, HPSEBL, Mandi H.P.
se(op)mnd@gmail.com
38. Col S.S. Bevli Dir (Estimating)
sandeepbevli@rediffmail.com 9882656610
39. Sh. Ashwani Kumar Executive Engineer (Civil), SO-2 (Wks)
ashwani.akv@gmail.com 9866137063
40. Harbhaj Bhatia 8894412987
41. Er. P. Dorjee Gyamba Director, CWC, Shimla
dorjecwc@yahoo.com 9418007170
42. Vipin Junior Engineer
vipin4017@gmail.com 9416187703
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43. Piyush Joshi, SASE, DRDO
piyush.joshi@sase.drdo.in 9463501977
44. Chander Shekhar SASE, DRDO
cskanda@gmail.com 9815356255
45. Anand Sharma anand.sharma870@gmail.com 9411575800
46. B.C.Pardesi Superintending Engineer HPPWD, US Club, Shimla-1
bidhi.sml11@yahoo.co.in 9418141272
47. Sh. B.B. Bhardwaj S.E (QC & D), US Club, Shimla-1
48. Sh. A.K. Parvan S.E. (QC&D), HPPWD, Dharamshala (H.P)
ashok_parvan@yahoo.co.in 94180-91099
49. Dr. R.K. Sood Head, SDMA HIPA, Fairlawns, Shimla
94184-64024
50. Sh. Amreek Singh Scientist “E” SASE (DRDO)
amreek@sasedrdo.in
94174-06958
51. Sh. Shyam Singh Thakur ASCO (HIQ) Directorate of Agriculture, Shimla-5 (H.P.)
krishinidesh@yahoo.com
98167-72417
52. Dr. A.K. Lohani Scientist “F” NIH, Roorkee
aklnih@gmail.com
94129-28876
53. Sh. V.S. Kamal I/C DMC, H.P. Secretariat
sdma_hp@nic.in
94180-20129
54. Dr. Manmohan Singh Director, IMD, Shimla
mm_sandhu@yahoo.co.in
98161-27668
55. Dr. Manas Sharma EMEO, (Deptt of Sc. & Tech.), Shimla-2
mansharma007@gmail.com
80910-11107
56. Sh. P.K. Gupta S.E. (D&W), O/o C.E. (M2), HPPWD, Mandi, (H.P.)
ergupta@yahoo.co.in
94184-50445
57. Sh. Saurabh Chauhan Hindustan Times
saurabhsmljr@gmail.com
88944-84700
58. Sh. D.C. Rana Addl. Secy. (Home)
dcrana04@yahoo.co.in
94184-84700
59. Sh. Vineet Negi STA, H.P. State Biodiversity board, Shimla-2
vinegi@yahoo.co.nz
98162-85563
60. Sh. Subhash 94181-50351
61. Sh. Prakash Bhardwaj Dainik Jagran
prakash@dain.jagran.com
94185-70007
62. Sh. Mohan Lal Verma UNI, Shimla
mohan150868@yahoo.co.in
93189-87565
63. Sh. S.N. Upreti S.E. Op, HPSEBL Rampur
seoprmp@gmail.com
94180-72904
64. Ms. Pratibha Chauhan The Tribune
pratibhashimla@gmail.com
94180-00842
65. Dr. Ramesh Singta rcsingta@gmail.com 93185-01262
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ETV News Channel
66. Sh. Rakesh Kamaiek Day & Night News
98576-05601
67. Dr. J.C. Rana Head, NBPGR R/S Phagli, Shimla
ranajc2003@yahoo.com
94181-04185
68. Dr. K.K. Pramanick IARI RS, Shimla
kallolpramanick@gmail.com
98170-75535
69. Sh. Gajender Sharma Channel-9
gajj-isharma85@gmail.com
94596-24180
70. Sh. Sunil Sharma Divya Himachal
sunilsharma@divyahimachal.com
94180-23129
71. Ms. Meena Devi Scientific Professional AGISAC, Panthaghati, Shimla
meenadevi25@gmail.com 93181-32640
72. Poornima Verma Scientific Professional AGISAC, Panthaghati, Shimla
94188-19149
73. Poonam Verma Scientific Professional AGISAC, Panthaghati, Shimla
94182-61162
74. Mahima Chatranta Scientific Professional AGISAC, Panthaghati, Shimla
mahima.chatranta@gmail.com 89880-47907
75. Meena Kumari Scientific Professional AGISAC, Panthaghati, Shimla
agisac.meena@gmail.com 88940-12335
76. Vikas Chandel Senior Scientific Professional AGISAC, Panthaghati, Shimla
chandel.iirs@gmail.com 94599-95000
77. Dr. Brijesh Saklani Senior Scientific Professional AGISAC, Panthaghati, Shimla
bsaklani@gmail.com 94184-70192
78. Sh. Krishan Thakur Senior Scientific Professional AGISAC, Panthaghati, Shimla
krishan.hpushimla@gmail.com 94180-08415
79. Sh. Sandeep Damseth Scientific Professional AGISAC, Panthaghati, Shimla
98171-60296
80. Sh. Rohit Chauhan Scientific Professional AGISAC, Panthaghati, Shimla
94184-82869
81. Sh. Rakesh Kumar Scientific Professional AGISAC, Panthaghati, Shimla
94180-11897
82. Dr. R.S. Thapa Principal Scientific Officer SCST&E, Kasumpti, Shimla
rajenderthapa@yahoo.co.in 94185-00959
83. Ms. Priyanka Senior Scientific Assistant SCST&E, Kasumpti, Shimla
bq_ps@yahoo.com 94181-34944
84. Kalpna Negi Senior Scientific Assistant SCST&E, Kasumpti, Shimla
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85. Manoj Kaul Senior Technical Assistant SCST&E, Kasumpti, Shimla
kaulmanoj7@yahoo.com 94189-41713
86. Surinder Deol Senior Technical Assistant SCST&E, Kasumpti, Shimla
sdeol12@yahoo.com 94596-26704
87. Ramesh Kumar Project Associate SCST&E, Kasumpti, Shimla
94180-09260
88. Uma Chand DEO Accounts work SCST&E, Kasumpti, Shimla
94186-69101
89. S.S. Randhawa Senior Scientific Officer SCST&E, Kasumpti, Shimla
ssrandhawa15@gmail.com
94183-82126
90. Manoj Thakur Scientific professional SCST&E, Kasumpti, Shimla
manojthakur0083@gmail.com 94185-74430
91. Shubhra Randhawa Scientific professional SCST&E, Kasumpti, Shimla
shubra.virgo@gmail.com
92. Rajneesh Sharma DEO SCST&E, Kasumpti, Shimla
rajneeshsharma3582@gmail.com
93. Rohit Kumar Project Associate SCST&E, Kasumpti, Shimla
94181-89170
94. Praveen Bhardwaj Project Associate SCST&E, Kasumpti, Shimla
89883-41921
95. Dinesh Gupta Project Associate H.P. State Biodiversity Board
94180-59909
96. Sangeeta Chauhan Project Associate SCST&E, Kasumpti, Shimla
94599-70534
97. Ishant Rai Project Associate SCST&E, Kasumpti, Shimla
94180-89063
98. Arvind Bhardwaj Project Associate SCST&E, Kasumpti, Shimla
bhardwaj.arv21@gmail.com 94189-07764
99. Dr. Chander K. Sharma Scientific Professional H.P. State Biodiversity Board
94183-54650
100. Dr. Pankaj Sharma H.P. State Biodiversity Board
94187-76534
101. Neeraj
IT Professional
AGISAC, Panthaghati, Shimla
94185-43202
102. Narender Kumar
Sr. Scientific Professional
AGISAC, Panthaghati, Shimla
gis.narender@gmail.com 98055-44820
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103. Bishal Airon
Scientific Professional
AGISAC, Panthaghati, Shimla
bishal9@gmail.com 97365-60294
104. Pooja Sharma
IT Professional
AGISAC, Panthaghati, Shimla
poojagautam961@gmail.com 97366-68997
105. Gayatri Verma
IT Professional
AGISAC, Panthaghati, Shimla
gayatriverma143@gmail.com 98177-27078
106. Surekha Verma
IT Professional
AGISAC, Panthaghati, Shimla
luk4dakshina@yahoo.co.in 94185-88229
107. Satish Kumar
IT Professional
AGISAC, Panthaghati, Shimla
93189-55454
108. Vipin Kumar
IT Professional
AGISAC, Panthaghati, Shimla
98178-49592
109. Dhyan Singh
IT Professional
AGISAC, Panthaghati, Shimla
98574-30319
110. Inderjeet Singh
IT Professional
AGISAC, Panthaghati, Shimla
98052-61093
111. Neeraj
IT Professional
AGISAC, Panthaghati, Shimla
94185-43202
112. Baldev Thakur
IT Professional
AGISAC, Panthaghati, Shimla
98160-68426
113. Mast Ram
IT Professional
AGISAC, Panthaghati, Shimla
98176-00288
114. Jai Prakash
IT Professional
AGISAC, Panthaghati, Shimla
98174-36415
115. Naresh Kumar
IT Professional
AGISAC, Panthaghati, Shimla
116. Shasi Thakur
IT Professional
AGISAC, Panthaghati, Shimla
117. Rajesh Kumar
IT Professional
AGISAC, Panthaghati, Shimla
98167-75532
118. Sumit Kumar
IT Professional
AGISAC, Panthaghati, Shimla
94188-04306
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119. Lalit Kumar
IT Professional
AGISAC, Panthaghati, Shimla
88948-63872
120. Lekh Raj
IT Professional
AGISAC, Panthaghati, Shimla
97361-40991